My bookshelves

I'm bingeing on Amazon.  There are these two very tall, very empty bookshelves in my basement demanding to be filled.  I've sorted the one's I've got into "methods" books (which, because I have absolutely no idea what I want to do with my life, range from Game Theory for Applied Economists to Python for Dummies); books on Chinese history; books in Chinese (one of the boxes I shipped from Beijing arrived in Cambridge empty, with a large gaping hole on the side, so this consists of just three titles I picked up at the Wenzhou airport that claim to explain why the people of Wenzhou are particularly adept at making money, and how you can, too); my three favorite books on African politics; everything you need to teach yourself French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese; and a political theory shelf, with Kant and Rousseau I may never open, but feel smarter simply for owning.

Then there are all those books from my former life: novels, travelogue, Joan Didion essays, the John McPhee collection I thought I'd find inspiring, but realized isn't really "me", the piles and piles of fat journals with fraying edges, gathering dust.  I love Cambridge, but to love Cambridge is to live wholly in your head.  I'm getting fat.  I'm starting to get itchy feet.  Do you think life is long enough for everything to fit?

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[A.B.]

No ! Got to make a choice...Choice is the real challenge of life ! Good luck
Blaise

[A.B.]

No ! Got to make a choice...Choice is the real challenge of life ! Good luck
Blaise

[kofi]

por favor, the names of those three essential books on african politics?

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[concept]

Jenifer I have two questions to ask. First what are those three favorite books on african politics your are talking about and since you are an harvard student just have a look at this and second let me know how you feel comfortable with the following assertions ?

http://www.europe2020.or/spip.php?article575&lang=fr

zai jian...

[Vera]

Your blog is so interesting! You should write an autobiography soonish. Your New World column is interesting. More family history! The people of America are fascinating. Any siblings? How about a special entry dedicated to how you're able to afford world travel AND graduate school. My finances are all in a rut, I could use the advice!

[digital dissertation]

Blogs are good for every one where we get lots of information for any topics nice job keep it up !!!

[Jennifer Brea]

Concept: My three favorite books on African politics are States and Power in Africa, States and Markets in Tropical Africa, and Essays on the Political Economy of Rural Africa.

Sorry, but I couldn't open the link you posted!

Vera: Thanks for reading :-) I took a lot of buses and was lucky to be able to sell enough of my photos and writing to keep traveling. Once or twice I had a fairy godmother. I have been very, very lucky. (Graduate school, thank goodness, is free for Ph.D students.)

[concept]

Thanks Jenifer I'll have a look on those books and never mind, here is the link :

http://www.europe2020.org/spip.php?article523&lang=fr

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怎樣用催眠來增強學習力

催眠可令人學習及做研究時更專注更有耐力精力，近年越來越多人有興趣發展這種用途。有些催眠的技法能令學生放鬆，從而比較輕易完成功課，沒有那麼疲累。有些催眠技法則能幫助解決因自我形象低落、無心向學、溫習方法差勁所造成的問題。

思路明晰
催眠可令人思考時更棒、更靈活，可消除溫習時的種種外在分神因素，自我催眠可令難於集中心神聽演講的人，覺得時間飛快溜過。

究竟催眠是否可以增強記憶，這是個比較多爭議的課題，專家意見不一。在實驗室得來的數據並不可*，因為接受實驗的人要記憶同一篇文字，而每個人的需要並不相同。

消除學習障礙
催眠可用來增強兒童學習能力，甚麼年紀階段都有效。有些專家相信這是因為它幫助左右腦配合運作。兒童討厭某科目，催眠可改變想法，令他積極起來；不少兒童學習差勁，導致自我形象低落，這種情況亦可以用減少焦慮及增強自我的技法來改善。